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Are We Strangers Now? presents... LIZ LAWRENCE
Phoebe Katis, David Shurr, Hayley Collins, Tom Metcalfe
Presented by: Red Balloon Music| 0 | MANCHESTER: The Castle Hotel |
|---|---|
| P | Tuesday 4th June, 2013 |
| N | 7:30pm |
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Are We Strangers Now? are proud to present LIZ LAWRENCE as our headline act this month!
Support comes from Phoebe Katis, David Shurr, Hayley Collins and Tom Metcalfe.
LIZ LAWRENCE
http://www.lizlawrencemusic.com/
Ever since Liz Lawrence discovered the guitar she was determined to make acoustic music an exciting, fresh and honest genre. Playing in punk and ska bands as a guitarist in her early teens, she finally managed to take the mic and found herself entranced and engaged in a full blown love affair with live performance. Liz's punk history may not be obvious on first impressions but once she starts to march on the stage her fiery and precocious nature cannot be suppressed.
"Florence-minus-the-hollering, stomping stage routine hinting at a feisty little madam beneath the adorable, heavy fringe-adorned veneer, promising a new starlet in the making"
Q magazine
Leaving the midlands where she grew up, Liz opted for an against the grain art education in rural Devonshire, over the desire to move to the big city. She found solitude and time aided the development of carefully sculpted songs with melody hooks that are instant but sensitive and lyrics that talk to her listeners with honesty and compassion.
In this secluded environment Liz began writing her debut album which was released in the summer of 2012, and Liz's honest approach to "old-fashioned song writing" led to a record that is colourful and earnestly heartfelt. She is now based in London and released an EP called "Bedroom Hero" in March 2010.
Liz's debut single the "Oo Song" was released in Ireland on the 18th of November, and it has been played on both regional and national Irish radio and is available on iTunes in the Republic of Ireland.
Liz has supported artists such as; Scouting for Girls, Xavier Rudd, Ben Howard, Brooke Fraser, Young the Giant, Yoav, The Civil Wars, Michael Kiwanuka, and one of her idols Ani Difranco, who commented on Liz as "a beautiful artist who lives on the edge".
"Amazing"
Tom Robinson- BBC Radio 6
Tickets: £6 adv/£8 on the door
